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v. - Have an effect for good or ill; Be added; Be deflected; Be excessive in quantity.

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Usage examples (32)
  • There is not one aspect in this business that promises to redound to our benefit.
  • These words of praise redound to the honor of the speaker equally with that of her illustrious stepson.
  • There are passages, in this book which, much as they redound to the honour of their writer, are indisputably heavy reading.
  • Her efforts will redound to the general good
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